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92343

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that people in part-time work who are still claiming jobseeker's allowance are able to have flexibility in relation to their sign-on date and time.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Claimants with a part time job are still required to be available for and actively seeking work as it is important to ensure that they do not miss out on the opportunities available through the Jobcentre. If required, Work Coaches can agree a different signing on time and day in order to accommodate the claimant’s work pattern.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 10:08:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92346

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Asperger's Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to assist people with Asperger's syndrome to find appropriate work.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP is an active member of the Autism Programme Board (APB) formed in 2009, and contributes regular feedback to the group on progress made to improve services for people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions, including Asperger’s Syndrome and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is strongly committed to sponsoring the work activity of the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING). The HING comprises of disabled people with Hidden Impairment conditions; medical professionals/academics and disability organisations and was formed in 2010 to support DWP to improve service provision for people with Autism and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2014 DWP hosted an Autism Stakeholder Review in partnership with the Department of Health and the National Autistic Society. The aim of this event was to identify ways that DWP can improve its service for people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>From this event DWP has developed an Autism Strategy Plan that focuses on 3 key issues:</p><p> </p><p>· Development of autism awareness training for DWP staff/managers</p><p>· To promote the Autism agenda to the widest possible audience</p><p>· To work closely with the provider community to ensure their understanding of the Autism agenda.</p><p> </p><p>In support of these actions DWP is currently developing a Local Office Self- Assessment Framework to help Jobcentre Plus managers to assess their local capacity to fully support people with Autism and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Hidden Impairment Toolkit (produced by the HING) is available to all DWP staff and promotes awareness of Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Hidden Impairment conditions. We are keen to share this free resource with the widest possible audience including other Government Departments; employers and provider organisations and have been able to do so through the Disability Confident campaign, aimed at employers, and the Accessible Britain Campaign, aimed at empowering communities.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 14/10/2014 11:13:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92347

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of jobseeker's allowance (JSA) resident in the London Borough of Havering have found full-time work and subsequently had their JSA stopped in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 10:30:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92348

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of benefits resident in the London Borough of Havering have been convicted and subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment in each year since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Table 1 shows the estimated number of individuals who were resident in Havering and were on benefits at some point in the four weeks before a court conviction which resulted in a custodial sentence. The estimated numbers are shown by calendar year for 2011 and 2012, based on the year of the conviction. Figures for later years are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated number of individuals sentenced to custodial sentences in Havering, in 2011 and 2012, who were on benefits at some point in the four weeks before conviction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year of conviction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Individuals claiming the following benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incapacity Benefit (IB)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support (IS)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other DWP benefits <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total individuals</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Other DWP benefits – Carer’s Allowance, Pension Credit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Passported Incapacity Benefit, Bereavement Benefit, Widows Benefit and Retirement Pension – have been grouped due to low volumes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>The total population of Havering was 240,000 in 2011 and 2012, with a corresponding working age population (aged 16-64) of 151,000. Claimants of ESA, IB, IS and JSA will be of working age whilst DLA claimants may be under 16. During 2011 and 2012, around 19,000 residents of Havering were claiming one of the above benefits at any given point in time, with over 5,000 of these claiming JSA.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>· Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>· These figures have been derived from the National Benefits Database linked to Police National Computer data taken from the 2013 MoJ-DWP-HMRC data share. This data only includes offenders for whom a link to DWP or HMRC data could be found – 19% of total offenders in England and Wales are not included, either because they have never had a DWP or HMRC record or, due to issues with data quality or consistency, it was not possible to find a match between the offender data and the DWP/HMRC data. As a result, these are likely to be underestimates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>· The figures are based on individuals who are recorded as being resident in Havering according to their relevant record in the National Benefits Database. They may not have been resident in Havering at the time of conviction.</p><p> </p><p>· Individuals may be claiming multiple benefits at once; consequently, an individual may appear in more than one benefit category, but will only appear once in the total. Hence, the totals for each calendar year are less than the sum of the number of claimants for each benefit type. Where an individual incurred more than one prison sentence in the year, they are only included once for each benefit per year.</p><p> </p><p>· Overall population and benefit claimant statistics have been taken from Local Authority Labour Market data as recorded on NOMIS (<a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 13:12:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92349

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many recipients of benefits resident in the London Borough of Havering have been prosecuted as a result of fraudulent claims in each year since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been responsible for prosecuting benefit fraud offences investigated by the DWP and Local Authorities. The CPS does not hold data for prosecutions of benefit fraud prior to April 2012.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Furthermore the CPS does not keep records of prosecutions of benefit fraud by recipients of benefits resident in the London Borough of Havering.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>To produce this information would require reviewing individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 14:41:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92350

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many 16 year olds are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 14/10/2014 07:02:14 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 209737 ONS 343.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Jobseekers Allowance
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92351

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much language translation services within his Department have cost in each year since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The amount spent by the Department for Work and Pensions on language translation services since January 2011 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£436,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£580,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£542,972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 14/10/2014 10:24:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90828

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sanctions are available to local authorities to encourage parents to ensure that children begin school on time each day.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A pupil who arrives for a morning or afternoon session after registration has closed is marked absent for that session. For pupils of compulsory school age (5 to 16 years), local authorities can address such absences if a parent has failed to secure their child’s regular school attendance through use of the sanctions of penalty notices or prosecution leading to a fine. Before prosecuting parents, a local authority should consider whether it would be appropriate to apply for an education supervision order to ensure that the child is properly educated.</p><p> </p><p>Other legal measures available to local authorities and schools to tackle irregular attendance are parenting contracts and parenting orders. A parenting contract is an agreement between a parent and either the local authority or the governing body of a school for the parent to comply for a given period with whatever requirements are set out in the contract to improve their child’s attendance at school. A parenting order may be imposed by a court requiring a parent to comply with requirements specified in the order to improve their child’s school attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Information about these sanctions and measures is included in the Department for Education’s statutory guidance “Parental responsibility measures for school attendance and behaviour”. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-for-behaviour-and-attendance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-for-behaviour-and-attendance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2014 15:10:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90841

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's priorities are for the meeting of regional foreign ministers in Abuja in September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>I attended this meeting on security in Nigeria on 3 September. Both at the meeting, and separately to President Goodluck Jonathan, I set out the importance the UK attaches to Nigeria taking an holistic approach to meeting the challenges of extremism and terrorism, working closely with its neighbours to protect civilians from violence. I outlined the range of support the UK is providing to Nigeria to this end and underlined our continuing commitment to support the Nigerian authorities as they tackle Boko Haram.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/09/2014 14:16:56 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90842

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to effect swift and safe passage back to the UK for British nationals in Nigeria as a result of extremist activity in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The FCO keeps its travel advice for Nigeria under close review. While we do not currently advise British nationals in Nigeria to leave, we do advise against travel to some parts of the country because of the security situation. We encourage British nationals in, or planning travel to, Nigeria to consult our travel advice regularly.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/09/2014 14:21:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell